Two Russian cosmonauts have taken the Olympic torch on its first-ever spacewalk.
Live footage aired on Russian state television showed Oleg Kotov carrying the unlit torch in his right hand while fellow cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky recorded the historic event using a high-tech camera.
A Russian Soyuz rocket carried the torch and a three-man crew to the International Space Station on November 7 after blasting off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
For safety reasons, the torch is not being lit during its time in space.
The torch is to be returned to Earth on November 11 to continue a 65,000-kilometer relay, ending with the start of the Olympics in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi on February 7.
Live footage aired on Russian state television showed Oleg Kotov carrying the unlit torch in his right hand while fellow cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky recorded the historic event using a high-tech camera.
A Russian Soyuz rocket carried the torch and a three-man crew to the International Space Station on November 7 after blasting off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
For safety reasons, the torch is not being lit during its time in space.
The torch is to be returned to Earth on November 11 to continue a 65,000-kilometer relay, ending with the start of the Olympics in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi on February 7.